Mr. Fabrikant has performed tenant evictions since 2000. Mr. Fabrikant’s areas of legal practice include a focus on corporate and business transactions and litigation and started performing Tenant Evictions for Landlords in 2000. Mr. Fabrikant has also represented clients on intellectual property matters such as patents, copyrights, trademarks and trade secrets, including registrations, contract licensing and litigation in state and federal court.

One of our practice areas is Landlord-Tenant evictions. The Eviction Department is supervised by attorney Kevin H. Fabrikant. We perform tenant evictions for large apartment complexes, commercial landlords, property managers, and for individual landlords.

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Residential & Commercial

Lease Agreements

Types of Leases. We regularly prepare Lease Agreement for residential and commercial Landlords, Investors & Property Managers. We look at lease transactions as falling into three categories:

Short Form Leases which cover the essential terms between the landlord and the tenant.

Medium Form covers the essential terms and addresses unique issues about the rental property and the parties to the Lease, including possible guarantors.

Long Form Lease details the essential terms and non-essential terms to clarify all of the conditions of the rental relationship between the landlord and tenant and addresses any guarantors, and well as containing property rules and regulations.

Generally, a lease is an agreement between and landlord and a tenant which sets forth the terms of the tenancy. There are many possible scenarios where a written lease can be used:

Lease of commercial office space

Rent of an apartment unit

Rent a single family house

Lease space for a restaurant

Lease of commercial office space

Rent a unit in a strip mall or shopping center

Lease mining rights to dig for minerals or precious metals

Oil leasing rights to exploit oil wells

A lease can be written or oral. However, under certain circumstances or factual situations, a written lease is required.

We prepare Lease Agreements for clients, specific to the transaction and needs of the situation. Whether a short Lease to cover the details or a long-form that addresses complex properties and arrangements, we can offer excellent legal services.

COMMON LEASE TERMS:

Lease Term – the length of time the tenant has the right to rent the rental property; most residential leases are for one year, commercial leases are typically for several years.

Lease Commencement – the date when the Lease Term will start.

Lease Expiration – the date when the Lease Term ends.

Rent – a recurring amount of consideration, usually money, which the tenant gives to the landlord for the right to remain in the rental property.

Sub-Lease – when the tenant leases the rental property to another tenant.

Tenants – who will be the person(s) or entities that are renting the rental property.

Hold Over Tenant – a tenant that remains in the rental property after the Lease Term expires.

Security Deposit – amount of money the tenant pays to the landlord at the beginning of the Lease Term which is used by the landlord to cover any money the tenant owes the landlord after the Lease Term expires, such as for unpaid rent or property damage to the rental property.

Pet Deposit – an amount of money paid to the landlord by the tenant for the right to have a pet in the rental property; which may be non-refundable regardless whether the pet causes any damage or refundable depending on if the pet causes any damage.

Property Leased – the description of the property that the tenant is renting/leasing from the landlord, whether a house, apartment, office suite, vacant land, or unit in a shopping center.

Late Fees – a charge the tenant owes the landlord, in addition, to rent for not paying sums due to the landlord such as rent on time; can be a flat amount such as $50 or a percentage of the amount originally due such as 5% of the monthly rent.

Rental Property Condition – a description of the rental property that explains if there is damage or not to the rental property; can be obtained at the beginning of the Lease Term or at the Lease Expiration.

Common Area Maintenance (CAM) Expenses/Charges/Fees – expenses the landlord incurs for the maintenance of the larger complex within with the Property Leased is located and includes Common Areas such as parking garages or lots, security guards, grounds maintenance such as landscaping, and utilities, and is typically in Commercial Leases and not Residential Leases.

Common Areas – areas of the larger complex within which the Property Leased is located, such as the hallways of a condominium that lead to the front door of the individual units, the lobby on the first floor, and the parking garage or lot.

Limited Common Areas – areas of the property upon which the Property Leased is situated that are significantly related to the Leased Premises but because of their location are not the responsibility of the tenant, such as a balcony of a condominium, or parking space within the parking lot of a condominium.

Commercial Lease – a lease for businesses, such as a restaurant lease, office space leased in an office building, or a lease to rent vacant land so the tenant can grow agricultural products for harvesting and sale.

Residential Lease – a lease of a dwelling for the purpose of living in the dwelling.

Property Manager – a person or company hired by the landlord to operate the Rental Property by performing services for the landlord such as collecting rents from tenants, accounting for the collection of rents and payment of expenses, and hiring people to perform repairs to the Rental Property.

Broom Swept Condition – when the tenant vacates the rental property, leaving it in a condition that is reasonably clean, though not necessarily re-carpeted or repainted, and with the tenant’s property having been removed without appreciable damage to the rental property.

Normal Wear and Tear Excepted – when vacating the property, it is expected that depending on how long the tenant occupied the rental property, there will be some blemishes to the rental property such as wearing on the carpet or reasonable scuffs on tile and walls; but does not include significant damage such as holes in walls greater than small nail holes for hanging pictures, or shredded carpet such as when the pet dog was looking for his bone 2 feet underneath the rental property.

Right to Enter for Inspection – the landlord often has the right, after giving the tenant reasonable notice, to enter the rental property for purposes of inspecting it for damage or repairs that may be needed or to perform maintenance.

Lease Renewal – the right of the landlord and/or the tenant to continue the Lease Term after the Lease Expiration for a specific period of time agreed upon.

Rules and Regulations – in addition to the Lease, the landlord may promulgate additional things the tenant much due while on the Leased Premises or Common Areas such as the pool or gym.

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